Pontia

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Pontia
Pontia edusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Pierinae
Tribe: Pierini
Genus: Pontia
Fabricius, 1807
Species

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Synonyms
  • Mancipium Hübner, [1807]
  • Synchloe Hübner, 1818
  • Mancipium Stephens, 1828
  • Parapieris de Nicéville, 1897
  • Leucochloë Röber, [1907]
  • Leucochloe Röber, [1907]
  • Pontieuchloia Verity, 1929

Pontia, commonly called Whites, is a genus of pierid butterflies found worldwide. For other Whites see genus Pieris.

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1]

  • Pontia beckerii (Edwards, 1871) – Becker's White, Great Basin White, or Sagebrush White
  • Pontia callidice (Hübner, 1799-1800) – Peak White
  • Pontia chloridice (Hübner, 1808-1813) – Small Bath White
  • Pontia daplidice (Linnaeus, 1758) – Bath White
  • Pontia davidis (Oberthür, 1876)
  • Pontia distorta (Butler, 1886) – Small Meadow White
  • Pontia dubernardi (Oberthür, 1884)
  • Pontia edusa (Fabricius, 1777)
  • Pontia extensa (Poujade, 1888)
  • Pontia glauconome (Klug, 1829) – Desert (Bath) White
  • Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764) – Meadow White
  • Pontia kozlovi (Alphéraky, 1897)
  • Pontia occidentalis (Reakirt, 1866) – Western White
  • Pontia protodice (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1830) – Checkered White
  • Pontia sherpae Epstein, 1979
  • Pontia sisymbrii (Boisduval, 1852) – Spring White, California White, or Colorado White
  • Pontia stoetzneri (Draeseke, 1924)
  • Pontia venata (Leech, 1891)

Gallery

  • Pontia edusa

  • Pontia callidice

  • Pontia callidice

  • Pontia daplidice

  • Pontia occidentalis

  • Pontia protodice - female

  • Pontia protodice - male

References

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  1. ↑ Pontia funet.fi

Further reading

  • Glassberg, Jeffrey Butterflies through Binoculars, The West (2001)
  • Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. Butterflies of British Columbia (2001)
  • James, David G. and Nunnallee, David Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies (2011)
  • Pelham, Jonathan Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (2008)
  • Pyle, Robert Michael The Butterflies of Cascadia (2002)

External links

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